Month: April 2021
Daily Crunch: Uber adds vaccine booking
Uber unveils half a dozen new features, Samsung announces a new flagship laptop and Zomato files to go public. This is your Daily Crunch for April 28, 2021. The big story: Uber adds vaccine booking Uber announced a half dozen new features today, including the ability to make a vaccine…
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Space community mourns the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
Michael Collins, the witty “forgotten” astronaut of NASA’s legendary Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, died of cancer on Wednesday, his family said. An icon of space exploration and an eloquent storyteller (who, arguably, had the best sense of humor among the Apollo 11 crew), Collins passionately advocated for further…
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Boasting a pedigree in business intelligence, Sweep launches a new carbon accounting and offset tool
If businesses are going to meet their increasingly aggressive targets for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations, they’re going to have an accurate picture of just what those emissions look like. To get that picture, companies are increasingly turning to businesses like Sweep, which announced its commercial…
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Facebook expects ad tracking problems from regulators and Apple
Facebook’s ad revenue was up more than 45 percent during the first three months of 2020, soaring to $25.4 billion — or about seven times what Twitter makes in an entire year. But the company sees some potential problems on the horizon that could limit continued growth: regulators are closing…
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Apple’s iPhone 12 and Mac sales skyrocket despite ongoing pandemic
Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup maintained enormously strong demand from consumers from January through March, according to the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings posted today. Apple reported record March quarter revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year. The iPhone took in just under $48 billion, jumping up by 66…
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Oops! Samsung just leaked the Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti at Unpacked Samsung Galaxy Pro 360
Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy Book Pro laptops at its Unpacked Spring 2021 event, but it also announced a future Galaxy Book Odyssey, equipped with an Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti – the only thing is, Nvidia hasn’t even announced the RTX 3050 Ti yet. This was spotted by our friends…
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